Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 30, 2015. As a group, research show children with disabilities are at greater risk of physical abuse and neglect than others. A new study to be published in the December 2015 issue of Pediatrics (published online Nov. 30), however, found that maltreatment rates differ considerably among infants and toddlers with three specific birth defects: Down syndrome, cleft lip with or without cleft palate, and spina bifida.
